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samastur commented on Want to sway an election? Here’s how much fake online accounts cost   science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/rbanffy
samastur · 6 days ago
EU has been a neighbour of Russia since a very long time as Finland joined EU in 1995. Not being a neighbour hasn’t been an option in a very long time as there are now several countries bordering it. Beside EU is not a military alliance so why should it matter?

Russia has only ever expanded, but since you seem to be wrong just about everything no surprise there.

samastur commented on OpenAI Needs $400B In The Next 12 Months   wheresyoured.at/openai400... · Posted by u/chilipepperhott
moomoo11 · 2 months ago
For actual work and not toying around the 10% gap is absolutely worth the cost.
samastur · 2 months ago
This highly depends on the price difference and value you get form those 10%.
samastur commented on Sora Update #1   blog.samaltman.com/sora-u... · Posted by u/davidbarker
sebzim4500 · 3 months ago
I don't get the confusion. He's saying that

(i) they will need to start charging money per generation (ii) they will share some of this money with rightsholders

samastur · 3 months ago
they will TRY to share this money ;)
samastur commented on Melvyn Bragg steps down from presenting In Our Time   bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/202... · Posted by u/aways
Fluorescence · 4 months ago
The time pressure is probably more important than you realise.

The guests are often pretty eminent academics, feted in their field and used to being indulged. There have been some I know that very much enjoy the sound of their own voice as they tediously ramble for hours, bending any topic to their own pet themes, with colleagues and students obediently hanging on their words. Melvyn has the stature to get testy "Enough about his wife, you still haven't answered the question, get on with it!" and the Oxford emeritus professor complies.

The after show chat works because it's post-time-crunch. It's pressure release and reflection. If you do recruitment this is something to learn. You will have a much more valuable interaction after you have scraped off interviewee armour.

samastur · 4 months ago
I generally agree with you and the "short" format is what makes it successful, but Melvyn said himself that they choose teaching professors because they would know how to explain subject clearly and after almost two decades of listening I'd say it has mostly worked.
samastur commented on How we rooted Copilot   research.eye.security/how... · Posted by u/uponasmile
SoftTalker · 5 months ago
Then why are they secret?
samastur · 5 months ago
Paranoia and not knowing which ones fall into "mostly" category :)
samastur commented on Doom Didn't Kill the Amiga (2024)   datagubbe.se/afb/... · Posted by u/blakespot
louthy · 6 months ago
A lot of words there. But the word ‘console’ is there exactly once.

Games consoles killed the Amiga, just like they did all other home computers that were primarily used for games.

I don’t know anyone that used the Amiga for anything other than games.

PCs survived because they were genuinely used for business, not just games.

samastur · 6 months ago
I did (but also for games). That wasn't the problem. The problem was computers built on closed architecture didn't have a future even if company didn't went to shit like Commodore did.
samastur commented on Just how bad are we at treating age-related diseases?   ladanuzhna.xyz/writing/ju... · Posted by u/sebg
hwillis · 7 months ago
The average age of diagnosis is 67 and 95% of those men live as long as you would expect them to normally. It is certainly not cured, and treatment can be very disruptive and unpleasant, but it's definitely not "extremely deadly" with modern medical care.
samastur · 7 months ago
Not being extremely deadly is low bar since most of your life (with some luck) will be spent being old. I'd rather see my years being more than bearable.
samastur commented on Tipping: How Gratuity Replaced Fair Wages in U.S. Restaurants   7shifts.com/blog/history-... · Posted by u/madpen
tptacek · 8 months ago
Sure, but the prices would also be commensurately higher.
samastur · 8 months ago
They already are, it's just expected you calculate yourself the real price.
samastur commented on Show HN: WhatsApp MCP Server   github.com/lharries/whats... · Posted by u/lharries
samastur · 9 months ago
Cool work, but I'm more fascinated by your claim "99% of your life is stored in WhatsApp...".

Not even remotely true for me even if it would encompass all messaging apps I use. I guess I'm just an old introvert, but it makes me wonder how life looks like for those for whom it is true.

samastur commented on Recreating Delicious Library in 2025?   dingyu.me/blog/recreating... · Posted by u/felixding
kome · a year ago
can't wait for pinboard.in to buy you
samastur · a year ago
Why would he, he buys bookmarking services and this won't be one :)

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